ART + CULTURE

Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.

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Giulia Maria Crespi

The many lives of the woman who turned a family fortune into Italy's National Trust

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Ettore Sottsass: Italy’s king of anti-design

An exhibition at Pistoia's Palazzo Buontalenti retraces the anti-modernist visionary's lengthy career.

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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity secured in Santa Maria Novella

The delicate operation involved decoupling the artwork from the wall that has supported it for centuries.

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The film of Florence’s forgotten hero Giorgio La Pira

In the new documentary "Saint in the city", discover the life and legacy of Florence's anti-fascist, diplomatic, multi-term mayor.

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Clet Abraham: the art of the street sign

The French-born street artist reflects on vandalism, freedom, Florence, and why art can never be illegal.

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Crafting the future of Florence with The Sunny Artisan

To maintain the cultural heritage of artisans, The Sunny Artisan unearths Florence's hidden bottegas and shares them with the public.

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New hiking trail to open from Sant’Ellero to Vallombrosa

Explore the abbey, arboretum, and historic resort town along the path of the old cogwheel railway, now revived as a scenic hiking trail.

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Towards the Alinari Museum

New homes for a photographic legacy in Florence and Montecatini.

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Florence’s Holy Sepulchre

Behind the church San Pancrazio’s façade lies Leon Battista Alberti’s Tempietto, a marble vision of Jerusalem in Florence.

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Saint Francis of Assisi’s 800th anniversary

Honoring the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi on the 800th anniversary of his death.

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Finding + feeling: “Rothko in Florence” at Palazzo Strozzi

Mark Rothko’s awesome spaces for “the sacred in the secular world”

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Accessorize your spring

Get ahead of the sunshine.

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Lucrezia Tornabuoni + Santa Maria Novella 

Writer, wife, mother and grandmother to a dynasty, Lucrezia Tornabuoni’s influence is often overlooked.

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Turning the calendar in spring: Capodanno Fiorentino

The beginning of the year feels fixed and universal, yet, in Florence, the new year did not begin until March 25.

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Beauty, poison + power: what Renaissance women knew that we’ve forgotten

From Venetian street stalls to the Medici bedrooms in Florence, Professor Jill Burke reveals a surprisingly modern world of cosmetics.

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An interview with Curtis Ryan Woodside

The filmmaker and Egyptologist presents his documentary "Nefertari: The Great Queen of Ancient Egypt" at the Firenze Archeo Film festival.

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Call for artists at Sant’Orsola

Museo Sant’Orsola, the Calliope Arts Foundation and the Levett Collection / FAMM are promoting two artist residencies and production grants.

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Palazzo Strozzi announces 2026 exhibition programme

Palazzo Strozzi has unveiled its exhibition program for 2026, outlining a cultural agenda that aims to strengthen its role as a leading international institution while continuing to connect Florence with ...

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Artemisia Gold launches internationally

A new international chapter for the nonprofit championing lost artistic legacies.

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Uffizi Gallery: Scalone Lorenese reopens

The impressive marble staircase can once more be taken.

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Meet art angel: Donna Malin

The philanthropist continues her support for art conservation with the restoration of Tiberio Titi’s painting at Casa Buonarroti.

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Restoring Tiberio Titi at Casa Buonarroti

‘Placing Michelangelo’s Bust on his Tomb Monument in Santa Croce’ was restored thanks to a private sponsorship by “art angel” Donna Malin.

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Bringing arts to the Valdisieve: Polytropon Arts Centre

The centre opens with an exhibition by Alfredo Pirri, the internationally acclaimed Italian artist and former representative of Italy at the Venice Biennale.

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